The operation of the U.S. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training was examined to determine the following: (1) the use of apprenticeship to train workers; (2) federal and state resources dedicated to administering apprenticeship; and (3) the representation of minorities and women in apprenticeship. Information was obtained from the U.S. Department…

This report describes a project to revise curriculum for the apprenticeship and other training programs preparing students for journeyman status in the electrical meter worker and station wirer trades. Products were a lineworker course information guide and revised copies of the electrical theory course for electrical meter worker and station…

The National Apprenticeship System is a formal system for training skilled craftworkers. An automated system for recordkeeping and management purposes, the Apprenticeship Management System, has been developed. It constitutes a complete management system and provides information for fund management control, data for preparing monthly and quarterly…

Vocational training forms part of the integrated educational system in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). About 85 percent of young people attend vocational training courses after completion of 10-year general schooling. Skilled worker training is offered in 291 trades with opportunities for specialization in 500 fields. In 98 trades,…

This workbook is one of a series of individually bound units of instruction for carpentry apprenticeship classes in a four-year apprenticeship program. It consists of two sections--the workbook section and a test section. The workbook section provides instructional materials on 10 topics: introduction to cement and concrete, specifications for…

Barriers to the linkage of vocational education and structured apprenticeship programs and facilitators useful in overcoming the barriers were identified. Subjects were 46 people who were interviewed to identify potential barriers and facilitators to linkage and 288 people who completed a survey questionnaire to verify the identified barriers and…

One in a series of core instructional materials for apprentices to use during the first or second years of apprentice-related subjects training, this booklet deals with basic measurement. The first section consists of an outline of the content and scope of the core materials as well as a self-assessment pretest. Covered in the four instructional…

Part of a series of instructor training modules on related subjects instruction for apprentices, this booklet deals with communicating with apprentices. The first chapter consists of an outline of the scope and content of the instructor training modules as well as a self-assessment pretest. Covered in the module are identifying aspects of good…

This document contains objective tests for each lesson in the Meatcutting Workbook, Part I (see note), which is designed for apprenticeship programs in meatcutting in California. Each of the 36 tests contains from 10 to 45 multiple-choice items. The tests are grouped according to the eight units of the workbook: the apprentice meatcutter; applied…

The tool handling unit is presented to assist apprentices to acquire a general knowledge on the use of various basic tools. The unit consists of seven modules: (1) introduction to hand tools and small power tools; (2) measuring tools: layout and measuring tools for woodworking; (3) measuring tools: feeler gauge, micrometer, and torque wrench; (4)…

The authors report results from a national survey on participation of disabled people in apprenticeship. Results indicate that disabled persons comprise 2 percent of the total apprentice population. Exemplary programs and practices are described. The authors present implications and recommendations drawn from the study results. (CH)

Recommends adapting the language of class materials and texts used in apprenticeship training programs to make them appropriate to the functional language demands made on tradespeople in real-life working situations. (AEA)

Interviews and focus groups with 32 apprentices, 21 employers, and 6 teachers in Australia's construction industry showed that on-the-job learning was perceived as more real and focused on "how"; off-the-job learning was less pressured, broader, more theoretical, and concerns with "why." The different contributions each made to…

Until the present, in those countries where it exists, a craft apprenticeship is a precondition for access to a profession or authorization to set up one's own business. With the spread of advanced technical training schools, technical colleges, and universities in the Member States of the European Community, a decline in the attractiveness of…

This publication documents important statistical data on the technical education and training activities under the purview of the Institute of Technical Education, Singapore. Section I on technical education and training in Singapore highlights major developments in 1992 and provides flowcharts of the former vocational training system and the new…